HIGH POINT, N.C.—The High Point University women's lacrosse team hosts Campbell in the Big South Championship final Sunday at noon at Vert Stadium. The winner will earn the conference's automatic NCAA Tournament berth.
 
The Panthers earned the No. 1 seed for the tournament and a first-round bye after finishing 7-0 in Big South play. HPU took down Liberty, 20-9, in the semifinals to earn its fourth trip of the Big South final in five years.
 
High Point is 6-0 all-time against Campbell, including a 17-10 win at Vert Stadium on April 19.
 
Quick Hitters
• Senior Samantha Brown was named the Big South Offensive Player of the Year last week by a vote of the conference's coaches. Brown leads the Panthers with 74 points on 53 goals and 21 assists. Her 53 goals are tied for the HPU single-season record.
 
• Brown passed the 100-career goal mark against Liberty and has 103 for her HPU career. Her 160 points rank third all-time in program history
 
• Senior Christina Del Sesto was named Big South Defensive Player of the Year. Del Sesto anchors the Panther defense that has held Big South opponents to 6.00 goals a game. She has tallied 37 ground balls and 28 caused turnovers.
 
• HPU head coach Lyndsey Boswell was named Big South Coach of the Year for the third time in four years and the fourth overall time in her career.
 
• Freshman Ashley Britton has set a program record for most draw controls in a season with 58.
 
• Junior Darla Poulin's 46 goals are the fifth-most in a HPU single season history.
 
• High Point had eight student-athletes earn All-Big South honors. Brown, Del Sesto and Britton were named to the all-conference first team, along with junior Erica Perrotta and sophomore Samantha Herman. Juniors Brooke Stevens and Olivia Nostrant and freshman Jill Rall were named to the All-Big South Second Team, while Brown was the Purple and White's representative on the Big South All-Academic Team.
 
• High Point is 9-2 all-time in the Big South Women's Lacrosse Championship. The Panthers won the tournament in 2013 and 2014 before falling to Winthrop in the 2015 semifinals and 2016 final.
 
• High Point is 2-1 in Big South Championship finals. This is Campbell's first appearance in the Big South final.
 
• The Panthers have won 14 games in a row, a school record, and are tied for the second-longest active win streak in the nation.